Rich Franklin "Ace"

Pro Record:	27-5-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
Team:	Team Extreme
Age:	35
Sex:	Male
Height:	6 Feet. 1 Inch(es).
Weight:	205 lbs.
Out of:	Cinncinnati, OH
Born:	Cinncinati, OH

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Prior to becoming a full time MMA fighter, Rich Franklin was a math teacher. He started learning submission fighting from instructional videos and then trained with Meat Truck Inc. and then under Matt "The Wizard" Hume. Franklin is currently ranked as a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. After having a record of 17 wins and 1 loss, Franklin won the UFC Middleweight Championship on June 4, 2005 against Evan Tanner. His victory led to his being a coach (along with welterweight champion Matt Hughes) on the second season of the reality series, The Ultimate Fighter.

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Rich Franklin's Professional Record

	Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
	06/12/2010	Win	Chuck Liddell	UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin	KO Strike	1	4:55
	09/19/2009	Loss	Vitor Belfort	UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort	TKO/RSC Referee Stoppage from Strikes	1	3:02
	06/13/2009	Win	Wanderlei Silva	UFC 99: The Comeback	Decision Unanimous Decision	3
	01/17/2009	Loss	Dan Henderson	UFC 93: Franklin vs Henderson	Decision Split Decision	3
	09/06/2008	Win	Matt Hamill	UFC 88: Breakthrough	TKO/RSC Referee Stoppage	3	0:39
NSF	04/19/2008	Win	Travis Lutter	UFC 83: Serra vs. St. Pierre 2	TKO/RSC Referee Stoppage from Strikes	2	3:01
	10/20/2007	Loss	Anderson Silva	UFC 77 Hostile Territory	TKO/RSC	2	1:07
NSF	06/16/2007	Win	Yushin Okami	UFC 72: Victory	Decision Unanimous Decision	3
	03/03/2007	Win	Jason Macdonald	UFC 68: The Uprising	TKO/RSC Corner Stoppage	2	5:00
	10/14/2006	Loss	Anderson Silva	UFC 64: Unstoppable	TKO/RSC Referee Stoppage	1	2:59
	03/04/2006	Win	David Loiseau	UFC 58: USA vs. Canada	Decision Unanimous Decision	5
	11/19/2005	Win	Nate Quarry	UFC 56: Full Force	KO	1	2:34
NSF	06/04/2005	Win	Evan Tanner	UFC 53: Heavy Hitters	TKO/RSC Doctor Stoppage	4	3:45
	04/09/2005	Win	Ken Shamrock	UFC: The Ultimate Fighter Finale	TKO/RSC	1	2:44
NSF	12/11/2004	Win	Curtis Stout	Superbrawl 38	Submission Punches	2	1:28
NSF	10/22/2004	Win	Jorge Rivera	UFC 50: The War of '04	Submission Arm Bar	3	4:28
NSF	07/14/2004	Win	Ralph Dillon	Alaska Fighting Championship 1	Submission Leylock	1	2:55
NSF	04/16/2004	Win	Leo Sylvest	Superbrawl 35	Submission Strikes	1	1:13
NSF	12/31/2003	Loss	Lyoto Machida	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003	TKO/RSC Punches	2	1:03
	09/26/2003	Win	Edwin Dewees	UFC 44: Undisputed	TKO/RSC Referee Stoppage from Strikes	1	3:35
NSF	07/19/2003	Win	Roberto Ramirez	Battleground 1: War Cry	KO Punch	1
NSF	04/25/2003	Win	Evan Tanner	UFC 42: Sudden Impact	TKO/RSC Strikes	1	2:20
NSF	09/17/2002	Win	Anthony Rea	Universal Combat Challenge: Eruption in Hawaii	KO	1	2:46
NSF	06/15/2002	Win	Yan Pellerin	Universal Combat Challenge 10: Battle for the Belts 2002	Submission Arm Bar	1	3:12
NSF	11/03/2001	Win	Marvin Eastman	World Fighting Alliance 1	Submission Arm Bar	1
NSF	08/25/2001	Win	Dennis Reed	Extreme Challenge Trials: August 2001	Submission Strikes	1	1:38
NSF	07/13/2001	Win	Chris Seifert	Extreme Challenge 41	Submission Punches	2	1:45
NSF	03/17/2001	Win	Travis Fulton	Rings USA: Battle of Champions	TKO/RSC Didn't Answer the bell for Round 2	1	5:00
NSF	01/13/2001	TBD	Aaron Brink	International Fighting Championship: Warriors Challenge 11		1
NSF	06/29/2000	Win	Dennis Reed	Extreme Challenge 35	Submission Arm Bar	1	1:56
NSF	05/13/2000	Win	Gary Myers	World Extreme Fighting 9: World Class	KO Kick	3
NSF	03/25/2000	Win	Rob Smith	Extreme Challenge 31	Submission Strikes	1	2:30
NSF	06/19/1999	Win	Michael Martin	World Extreme Fighting 6	KO Round house Kick to the Head	1

Rich Franklin's Amateur Record

	Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
NSF	10/04/1999	Win	Eugene Pinault	Extreme Challenge Trials: October 1999	Submission Strikes	1	1:27
NSF	06/25/1999	Loss	Mike McCormick	Ultimate Wrestling Minnesota: Ultimate Wrestling Minnesota 2	TKO/RSC Injury	1	1:07

:	Bout results verified by an official State, Tribal, Provincial, or Municipal Commission.
NSF:	Non Sanctioned Fight
* :	For a variety of reasons, including weight disparity and the demands of entertainment, Exhibition Bouts are held, in which the contest is unscripted and hard fought, but the results do not count on a fighter's Official Record.
NC:	Fight Declared No Contest